Next time ask before you buy tires. Those DRs are good for a daily driver but there are much better DR's or racing tires to get.

1. Drive around water box.
2. Dip back tires in box and if you can spin them one time. Do not do a burnout in the water box or you will throw water onto your tire and **** off the track officials.
3. Pull out of box and put it in 2nd gear. Go to 5k rpms and drop the clutch, left foot on brake to hold you there.
4. Burnout until you see smoke. After I see smoke I counted to 5 and then let off the brake and went forward.

Some tires need less, some need more. It depends. You will need to experiment. After each pass take some notes on the time slip so you can remember what you did.

 

Thanks Simon this is more the tips I was looking for....any ideas about psi or launching rpm? I assuming I just dump the clutch with a DR, right? Also I know the 555Rs arent the best DR BUT they are the most affordable. Yea they might not stand up to your car but I figure they'll probably stand up to 300hp decently and they HAVE TO be better than my nitto street tires

 

I don't think they are much cheaper than most of the other drag radials. I guess it depends on what size you're looking at.

 

You might need to slip the clutch slightly to keep from bogging.

Stole this link from another site, its a really good read about racing tires.
http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/te...ips/index.html

 

I saved about a hundred bucks for Nitto vs. M/T or M&H in comparable size.........that's a good enough savings for me

Actually found this last night, though havn't had time to read it yet lol. Thanks

 

The 555R I was looking at are $271 a piece and the M&H $269. The 555R are 305mm tires and the M&H 275mm. Different tread widths but I bet the M&H would still stick better than the Nittos.

 

I got the nittos for $317 shipped.........for both

 

EDIT:

n/m. Those tires are just much much cheaper than the 555R I would want in 305/40/R18.

 

The 275 is the biggest I can fit on the stockers but yea the 305s are nice

 

Dude, WTF is that in your sig?